Package: whiptail Version: 0.52.10-8 Severity: wishlist
To get this to work: whiptail --msgbox "Text fitting takes trial & error." 7 38 ...the user has to measure the text length, (33), add 5, (33+5=38), and measure the lines, & add 6. It'd be simpler if 'whiptail' calculated the 'height' and 'width' automatically; for example: whiptail --msgbox "Text fitting takes trial & error." Shell script kludge for impatient users: # one line of text only. whipmsg() { whiptail --msgbox "$1" 7 $(( ${#1} + 5 )) ; } whipmsg "hello world" ...but a better routine would allow for terminal width, and multi-line text.. The proposed syntax should also let users manually supply the 'height' and 'width' options. Similar defaults would be useful for most 'whiptail' options requiring 'height' and 'width'. HTH... -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages whiptail depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libnewt0.52 0.52.10-8 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - tex ii libpopt0 1.15-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libslang2 2.2.2-4 The S-Lang programming library - r whiptail recommends no packages. whiptail suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org